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#1
12-16-2002, 06:34 AM
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 Humility Friday I spent 3 hours in the shaping room @Amy's Bread. Wow! I used to think I was pretty good with a chunk of dough. I think these guys could shape in their sleep. Small boules shaped one in each hand. Small torpedos shaped with lightning speed and remarkable uniformity. Looks like I have a lot to learn  Today I start working an 8 hour shift, 3-4 days a week. A couple of weeks in the shaping room working 12-8 starts things off. I am a weird combo of nervous and excited. Film @11!
__________________ At weddings, my Aunts would poke me in the ribs and cackle "You're next!". They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals. www.kyleskitchen.net      |
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#3
12-16-2002, 01:03 PM
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| Don't worry. You too will do it in your sleep. You are getting paid to practice! Cool huh?
__________________ What a relief! To find out after all these years that I'm not crazy. I'm just culinarily divergent... |
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12-16-2002, 01:30 PM
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| Bread is Love! Congratulations! 
__________________ bake first, ask questions later. Oooh food, my favorite! http://www.myspace.com/chefmbrown Professor Culinary and Pastry Arts www.CCCCD.edu |
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12-16-2002, 03:05 PM
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 Kyle, keep us posted! You'll rise to the occasion.... let us know what you learn.
__________________ Moderator, Welcome Forum ***It is better to ask forgiveness than beg permission.*** |
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12-16-2002, 03:56 PM
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| From wall street to the staff of life!!! Mozel tov and good luck
__________________ Baruch ben Rueven / Chana "If the sun refused to shine, I will still be lovin you. Mountains crumble to the sea, it will still be you and me" |
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12-16-2002, 06:47 PM
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| I thought since we hadn't heard from you, someone had bludgeoned you with a baguette for insubordination. No, but seriously, I've been wondering how it's going, and it looks as though you're at least inspired, if not tired. Keep up the hard work, Kyle! |
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12-17-2002, 06:45 AM
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| Out Of Shape I spent 7 hours shaping bread yesterday. I will do the same today and then again tomorrow. This is very cool stuff! It's amazing how much I don't know. It's also amazing how somethings all of a sudden just click. The volume of bread is incredible. From this bakery she supports 3 retail outlets and a wholesale business. It almost makes me wish I didn't have to look for a slightly better paying occupation
__________________ At weddings, my Aunts would poke me in the ribs and cackle "You're next!". They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals. www.kyleskitchen.net |
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#9
12-18-2002, 07:36 AM
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| DOMINANCE It's called dominance where the muscles in one hand are far more extensively developed than in the other, the dominant hand having better developed muscles due to more frequent usage. I think that you see a prime example of this phenomenon in the film FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX where the survivors, while crossing the Sahara on foot, forced themselves to take a right turn occasionally - due to right leg dominance. In other words, over the long haul, they were naturally walking counterclockwise and to cross in a "straight line", they needed to compensate for right leg dominance by turning right occasionally. Last edited by kokopuffs : 12-18-2002 at 08:55 PM. |
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12-18-2002, 11:45 AM
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| Kyle, May not be a knead for a better paying job. You should be able to make pretty good money on the side, in the local gin-mill. After some time in the shaping room you should be able to take anyone (arm-wrestling). Just a thought . You'll notice the great ones have the dough chasing them, they are never chasing the dough. good luck |
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#11
12-18-2002, 03:44 PM
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| Kyle, sounds like a great experience!!! I, myself am learning some shaping techniques from a baker who worked for Steve Sullivan(Acme Bread). Isn't it truly a humbling experience when you think you know so much and then you walk in to those guys who can do it in their sleep? I'll bet you'll become quite good in no time----enjoy! |
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